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VLC Media Player

AnduinOS Verified App - Open Source

VLC is an AnduinOS verified app and it runs awesome on AnduinOS, with easy installation and automatic updates.

VLC Media Player is a free and open-source media player that can play most multimedia files as well as DVDs, audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.

To install VLC Media Player on AnduinOS, you can run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install vlc

Set VLC Media Player as the default media player

To set VLC Media Player as the default video player on AnduinOS, you can run:

Set VLC Media Player as the default video player
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-ogm+ogg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/3gp
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/3gpp
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/3gpp2
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/dv
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/divx
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/fli
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/flv
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/mp2t
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/mp4
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/mp4v-es
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/mpeg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/mpeg-system
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/msvideo
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/ogg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/quicktime
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/vivo
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/vnd.divx
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/vnd.mpegurl
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/vnd.rn-realvideo
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/vnd.vivo
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/webm
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-anim
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-avi
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-flc
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-fli
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-flic
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-flv
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-m4v
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-matroska
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-mjpeg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-mpeg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-mpeg2
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-ms-asf
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-ms-asf-plugin
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-ms-asx
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-msvideo
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-ms-wm
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-ms-wmv
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-ms-wmx
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-ms-wvx
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-nsv
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-theora
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-theora+ogg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop video/x-totem-stream

To set VLC Media Player as the default audio player on AnduinOS, you can run:

Set VLC Media Player as the default audio player
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-vorbis+ogg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/vorbis
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-vorbis
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-scpls
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-mp3
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-mpeg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/mpeg
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-mpegurl
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-flac
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/mp4
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-it
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-mod
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-s3m
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-stm
xdg-mime default vlc.desktop audio/x-xm